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- Fri May 16, 2025 11:44 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Recent switch to BiPAP -- need help w/ flow rate abnormalities and settings
- Replies: 3
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Re: Recent switch to BiPAP -- need help w/ flow rate abnormalities and settings
The fatigue lasts throughout the day, converting from sleepiness in the morning to tiredness thereafter; like feeling physically depleted. Eye twitches and dryness are common. Inability to recover from rigorous workouts such as weightlifting, lack of endurance despite prior training and good physica...
- Thu May 15, 2025 9:34 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Recent switch to BiPAP -- need help w/ flow rate abnormalities and settings
- Replies: 3
- Views: 44639
Recent switch to BiPAP -- need help w/ flow rate abnormalities and settings
Hi all, My overall goal is to find the lowest-stress pressure set-up that addresses those UARS-style flow limits so I finally wake up feeling rested. Links below: Some OSCAR zoom-ins covering flagged events (and a couple of unflagged disturbances) and Glasgow Index: https://imgur.com/a/apr30-oscar-f...
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Still exhausted after 8mo of CPAP -- is oral appliance better? Skinny young male, fat tongue, narrow palette
- Replies: 4
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Still exhausted after 8mo of CPAP -- is oral appliance better? Skinny young male, fat tongue, narrow palette
Hi all, I have an untreated AHI of 10.0, diagnosis of mild OSA, no major health issues (only thing is low ferratin levels which I am taking iron supplements for), and have been on CPAP for about 8 months now. I am a healthy young male in 20s at a healthy weight and physically active. I use the Clima...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: What to do when most/all events are "Clear Airway"?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2307
Re: What to do when most/all events are "Clear Airway"?
Thanks all for your insight. I gather that the arousals seem to be seldom driven by apneas and rather something else. Here's the info from my sleep study: https://imgur.com/a/UD0jeV3 There's no major concern for RERAs and leg movements from it, from what I understand. Note that I'm a side sleeper bu...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:01 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: What to do when most/all events are "Clear Airway"?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2307
Re: What to do when most/all events are "Clear Airway"?
Thanks for the reply! Where I am struggling is that I have already become diligent with these sleep habits... I exercise, I drink decaf coffee in the morning, I go for walks to get sunlight in the morning and at sunset, I don't eat within a couple hours of bed, I reduce screentime before bed, I medi...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:30 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: What to do when most/all events are "Clear Airway"?
- Replies: 8
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What to do when most/all events are "Clear Airway"?
After a few months of tinkering with settings and masks, here's where I'm at (as a healthy young male, healthy weight, untreated 10.0 AHI, not a mouth breather): Airsense autoset 11 Set to CPAP mode, constant pressure of 11.0 EPR full-time at level 2 P30i large pillows Heated hose set to 86 deg and ...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 10:16 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
- Replies: 17
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Re: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
Also, here are much more details from the study itself... again note that most of the night was on my back as instructed, though I still had (fewer) events on my side. At home I always sleep on my side and seem to stay on my side through the night. https://imgur.com/a/UD0jeV3 It also seems like I ha...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 10:08 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20010
Re: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
Do you know about SleepHQ? Software that lets you post the OSCAR report so that we can zoom in on the flow rate rather than your having to do a gazillion snippets??? Are you aware that it is normal to wake after a completion of a REM stage sleep cycle? Google "sleep stages" and take a look at the n...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:15 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20010
Re: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
So...some questions 1..Are you taking any medications of any kind? If so, what? 2..Any other physical or mental health issues going on? 3..What happens when you wake up a couple of times late in the night? Go right back to sleep or have trouble going back to sleep? 4..How are you feeling during the...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:46 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20010
Re: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
Hi all, Reawakening this thread after trying various new settings with little success. Primarily, I have tried various levels of EPR, which feels more comfortable, but doesn't seem to improve sleep quality. I have tried some humidity adjustments but often experience rainout when I go manual. I've go...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20010
Re: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
Hi all, https://i.imgur.com/t20kSyV.jpg If it's relevant, I also find that I often wake up with nasal congestion and inflammation (my nose looks swollen and huge in the morning lol). I had a functional septorhinoplasty this past January to resolve a deviated septum and enlarged turbinates, so my no...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:04 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20010
Re: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
Hi ozij, Thanks for your comment! This is insightful and I tried a couple nights with the pressured increased to 8-12 and EPR enabled (per advice on another forum to help with the flow limits). I've uploaded screenshots here . From a glance it doesn't appear that the flow limitations are improved mu...
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:27 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20010
Frequent wakeups with mild OSA -- help me interpret OSCAR?
Hi all, I have an untreated AHI of 10.0, diagnosis of mild OSA, no clear indications of UARS (as far as I know), no major health issues, and have been on CPAP for a bit over 2 months now. I am a healthy young male in 20s at a healthy weight and physically active. I use the ClimateLine tubing with th...